Test Course 1

1) Air currents, temperature, moisture, light and soil are all nonliving parts which affect an organism's environment and are called_____________.
2) This is any necessity of life: water, nutrients, light, food, and space.
3) A certain plant needs moisture, carbon dioxide, oxygen light, and minerals to survive. This scenario shows that a living organism depends on__________________.
4) All of the biotic and abiotic factors in a town's pond comprise which of the following?
5) Which example shows a relationship between both an abiotic and biotic factor in an ecosystem?
6) A rodent population leaves an ecosystem due to decreased temperatures and increased rain. Which best explains why the rodents left?
7) During a long period when there is no rainfall, a mountain lion may temporarily leave its usual hunting territory to drink from a farm pond. To what is this behavior probably due?
8) What are the two most significant abiotic factors that influence life in a biome?
9) Autotrophic Organisms Can Tap_____________Sources Of Energy:
10) The food chain starts with____________________, who first capture the energy.
11) Organisms are classified into groups based on_____________________.
12) If a bear eats a fish containing 25 g of biomass, what percentage of the available energy from this fish would you expect the bear to retain in its body after respiration takes place?
13) There are 628 squirrels living on campus." I have just described the__________.
14) This biome has four seasons and trees like oak and elm.
15) In this biome, vegetation is stunted there is not enough water to support large trees due to the extended winters and lack of available water. This Biome is the________.
16) Which biome has the largest diversity of life?
17) Which biome would the kangaroos of Australia be found in?
18) Which of these describes a temperate deciduous forest?
19) Which of the following best illustrates ecological succession?
20) _________is when a species colonizes an area with no life.
21) This type of biome has trees that produce needles and cones such as pine and fir trees. Temperatures can be very cold. It is mostly found in northern Canada. It is also called by its Russian name, taiga.
22) Choose EACH sentence that is true about an energy pyramid.
23) What is an association between two organisms where one benefits and the other organism is neither benefited nor harmed?
24) Which best describes the purpose of a food chain?
25) Biomes are geographic regions with similar___________and ecosystems.
26) The last component of the food chain is a___________.
27) A type of symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed is called_____________.
28) The clownfish is a species of fish that lives between the stinging tentacles of sea anemones. The clownfish protects the anemone from anemone-eating fish, while the anemone’s tentacles protect the clownfish from predators. The relationship between clownfi